Southern Milosians
The southern cantons of Milos are far less influenced by Monos, retaining more of the culture of the Orrish who first settled the Peninsula in ancientry. They are typically believed to be shorter than Northerners and more often ghast-skinned, though of course their demographics are much more diverse.
Citizens of Revellia, Urudun, Ethel, and Bastis are considered Southerners.
Although organized religions like Satariai and Host Keeping are prevalent in the south, Southerners are far less invested in state-sponsored ritual, with many peoples far likelier to worship in their own time and manner. Neither Satariai nor Host Keeper in the South are known to put much stock in their Faiths' capital cities.
Organized Deinain worship is essentially dead outside of Western Revellia, but many of the superstitions of the Ancient Milosians remain in some form. Magic is feared, yet also respected, so while gender roles are heavily stratified and enforced, spellers and magicians can acquire respect and even power in most communities, so long as they are connected to a conventional institution: a hostel, a local lord, merchants, or even the judges or wandering bards of the far south. Indeed, rumors often circulate of women serving in place of judges in some smaller villages, or a traveling woman bard being granted authority to weigh on small-scale local issues, or to speak on behalf of a small village toward a negligent or cruel lord.
Overall, Southerners prefer simplicity to ostentation, bearing little patience for ceremony or self-importance. Because of this, a divide is growing between the traditional rural populations and the great cities, where Northern influence continues to flourish. Many Southerners see this Northern influence as indistinguishable from Eysch influence, which has been growing in Ethel for several decades. Like most peoples, Southerners are generally fearful of, and opposed to, change.
Regardless of outside influence, Southerners continue to place great value on labor for its own sake. Whether it be a Urudunite paladin imitating the ways of the Khabarese holy warriors or an Etheli merchant seeking to expand his business, or even a Revellian farmer on his sleepy acres, all are likely to view work (especially physical work) as an inherent good, and make moral judgments based on the labor involved between ethical options. Southern Milos was one of the last feudal governments to adopt primogeniture, and indeed even today it is not unheard of for a lord to pass over a firstborn son and select a favorite to inherit, should that firstborn son prove unpromising. In the North, such an act could well precipitate revolt from the disinherited firstborn, as he would likely be supported by the majority of the lord's vassals.
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- Bastis Canton
- Clan Aadh
- Clan Aardem
- Clan Aerrin
- Clan Aesen
- Clan Ainden
- Clan Ainrei
- Clan Ainros
- Clan Aire
- Clan Baene
- Clan Bagganash
- Clan Barkside
- Clan Barrek
- Clan Basher
- Clan Bastian
- Clan Beth
- Clan Blackwood
- Clan Borrins
- Clan Branch
- Clan Braon
- Clan Brochar
- Clan Broten
- Clan Capall
- Clan Cayor
- Clan Clifford
- Clan Corrich
- Clan Cragg
- Clan Dehrm
- Clan Delegh
- Clan Derrenegh
- Clan Devredor
- Clan Didrack
- Clan Doe
- Clan Dorn
- Clan Duum
- Clan Dylaen
- Clan Eerim
- Clan Eilleshen
- Clan Einard
- Clan Eiren
- Clan Els'Wynth
- Clan Eskmai
- Clan Ethel
- Clan Faolan
- Clan Faraed
- Clan Farrow
- Clan Fawn
- Clan Fields
- Clan Fisher
- Clan Forester
- Clan Foust
- Clan Gallac
- Clan Giiran
- Clan Gladmore
- Clan Glast
- Clan Glauss
- Clan Grainard
- Clan Graunt
- Clan Graz
- Clan Greystes
- Clan Griivan
- Clan Gwylaern
- Clan Haggand
- Clan Hallahale
- Clan Han'dylth
- Clan Haust
- Clan Heyschel
- Clan Horner
- Clan Hunter
- Clan Ishim
- Clan Kelliers
- Clan Khaheel
- Clan Lemmen
- Clan Lorredan
- Clan Lutfir
- Clan Luun
- Clan Luutar
- Clan Maan
- Clan Maelfen
- Clan Mahir
- Clan Maven
- Clan Millan
- Clan Momet
- Clan Morce
- Clan Morroth
- Clan Mourde
- Clan Moyra
- Clan Nitis
- Clan Odon
- Clan Oishlog
- Clan Orris
- Clan Paddox
- Clan Pahrad
- Clan Purler
- Clan Ragnar
- Clan Rees
- Clan Revval
- Clan Risnigh
- Clan Roark
- Clan Roote
- Clan Royback
- Clan Rutach
- Clan Ruthwell
- Clan Ruus
- Clan Satten
- Clan Seafarer
- Clan Shields
- Clan Shipwright
- Clan Shivval
- Clan Siir
- Clan Sinachar
- Clan Sirar
- Clan Slabh
- Clan Sorchal
- Clan Sorshan
- Clan Sowwing
- Clan Spawler
- Clan Spyral
- Clan Stannard
- Clan Swinnerd
- Clan Taddagh
- Clan Tallmun
- Clan Timber
- Clan Tines
- Clan Toll
- Clan Towers
- Clan Uaithe
- Clan Uirlis
- Clan Varet
- Clan Vaugh
- Clan Veesh
- Clan Volant
- Clan Walker
- Clan Wallock
- Clan Warren
- Clan Windimore
- Clan Wulff
- Clan Zharen
- Ethel Canton
- Lordslands of Milos
- Revellia Canton
- Urudun Canton
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